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Ask Amy: My boyfriend is retiring and moving away. Should we break up?
Letter writer is contemplating a long-distance relationship with a retiring boyfriend who’s moving away.
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Miss Manners: Do we have to warn guests about other guests we’re hosting?
Letter writer likes to have lots of people at their vacation home at once. Some of their guests would rather be there alone.
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Jury Orders Giuliani to Pay $148 Million to Election Workers He Defamed
Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, wrongfully accused by Rudolph W. Giuliani of having tried to steal votes from Donald J. Trump in Georgia, were awarded the damages by a federal court in Washington.
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Senators Hold Up 43 Biden Diplomatic Nominees as Crises Roil World
The State Department says the monthslong blockade has damaged U.S. national security. Several Republican senators have objected to advancing the slate of nominees.
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Florida Sex Scandal Shakes Moms for Liberty, as Group’s Influence Wanes
The conservative group led the charge on the Covid-era education battles. But scandals and losses are threatening its power.
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California’s Data Deletion Law Imposes a Host of New Obligations on Data Brokers
On October 10, 2023, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 362, also known as the Delete Act, allowing California residents to have their personal information deleted by all registered data brokers operating in the state through a single deletion mechanism….By: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
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Tax based finance leasing: a forgotten tool for green finance in the UK?
Decarbonisation is the process of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and transitioning to a low-carbon economy. Decarbonisation requires significant investment in green technologies, such as renewable energy, energy efficiency, electric vehicles and carbon capture and storage….By: Allen & Overy LLP
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AI Insights: Copyright Office Rejects Application for AI-Generated Work Based on a Photograph
Copyright Office Rejects Application for AI-Generated Work Based on a Photograph — On December 11, 2023, the Review Board of the United States Copyright Office (Board) rejected a Second Request for reconsideration with respect to the registration of a work generated through the use of artificial intelligence (AI). The proposed registration in this case, by…
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MiCAR under the microscope – Part 3: The issuance of stablecoins under MiCAR: Scope and requirements
The huge expansion of crypto-assets over recent years and the popularity of their underlying technology (distributed ledger technology (DLT) or blockchain) have come with their share of challenges, including a significant level of market volatility hampering the large scale adoption of crypto-assets as means of payment in financial transactions and/or storage of value….By: Allen &…
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USPTO Launches Semiconductor Technology Pilot Program
On December 1, the United States Patent and Trademark Office launched the Semiconductor Technology Pilot Program. As part of the Office’s efforts to support the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) Act of 2022, the pilot program will expedite the examination of patent applications for innovations that increase semiconductor device production, reduce semiconductor manufacturing…
